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Winter Enrollment Goes Cold

Katrina Florio At the conclusion of each fall semester, the majority of LIU Post students pack up their belongings and head home for three and a half weeks to unwind before the spring semester begins. Some more tenacious students, on the other hand, opt to enroll in winter classes, forgoing…

Graduate Column: Graduate Student Goals

Sandra Elien The semester has come to a close. Have you had time to go over what you wanted to achieve this semester? Have you met your goals? Well, one can only imagine the number of objectives we’ve set out to accomplish. But, how successful are we in achieving these…

Do You Use the Infirmary?

Katrina Florio As the winter season sets upon the C.W. Post Campus, students can look forward to scenic snowfalls, chilly weather, and, unfortunately, cold and flu season. With the potential for germs to spread rapidly throughout residence halls and classrooms, it is imperative that sick students seek medical attention. The…

The Hydration Station

Jaclyn Goldstein Throw away your plastic water bottles and replace them with your reusable water containers instead because Post is continuing its installments of hydration stations throughout the campus. In October, the Pioneer featured efforts that were being made to make Post a more sustainable campus.  So far, there have…

Professor’s Documentary airs on Showtime

Paul Kalis On December 1st, Showtime, the network that debuted hits, such as “Dexter,” “Californication,” and “Nurse Jackie,” participated in a World AIDS Day celebration. As a part of its marathon, the documentary “Sex in an Epidemic,” by Media Arts Department Professor Jean Carlomusto was aired. “Sex in an Epidemic”…

Post Gets New Look for 2012

Dorianna Valerio The Long Island University rebranding is well on its way, with a new logo set to debut next semester.  Aside from the logo, L.I.U. will have a new social media identity, new merchandise and an expansive ad campaign, which will take effect on January 1, 2012. The University…

Gingerbread House Competition

Chantell Moore The Office of Residence Life sponsored a gingerbread house-building event on Tuesday, December 6th, at 8 p.m. in the Hillwood Fishbowl. The event was another way for students to earn points for their dorms for the cereal bowl competition. The competition is a series of events that students…

Professor Mixes Wine and Class

Paul Kalis “Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, cheers; I drink to that. Yeah, yeah…” No, Rihanna, there wasn’t a party at the bar, but on December 1st, there was one in the Journalism 1 class taught by Adjunct Professor Roberto Soto. Soto brought in a homemade wine to celebrate the birth…

Graduate Column: How Graduate Students Will Spend Winter Break

Sandra Elieen Now that the semester nears completion, graduate students, like others, have a variety of things to catch up on or engage in.  After a grueling semester of writing papers, studying for exams, interning or working, many graduate students are in need of a break. Tiantian Zhang, an international…

Is Diversity On Our Campus An Issue?

Victoria Esteve During the fall semester alone, C.W. Post has offered, and will continue to offer, many events showcasing the various backgrounds and ethnicities of its students. There are exactly eight clubs and organizations on campus that deal with promoting cultural diversity. These clubs include the C.S.S.A. (Chinese Student and…